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binder
Last modified: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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A tool that combines two or more
files into a single file, usually for the purpose of hiding one of them.
Commonly associated with Trojan horses, where
the Trojan is bound to a real file, such as a text file
that opens with Notepad or other program. The users believe they are opening a
safe file, and that is what appears on the screen, but at the same time the file
is running, the Trojan is also running, usually undetected by the user.
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